Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school and our community at the moment.
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Information for the Spring Term - Please read
Thu 29 Feb 2024In addition to previous published dates
Thursday 7th March 2024 - World Book Day - we will be celebrating World Book Day as a school. On the day children are welcome to come in dressed as their favourite character from a book and bring the book they are dressed up as to share with the class. They will be participating in activities related to World Book Day during the day/week.
Parents are welcome to come into the school hall at 3.30pm to see the decorated plates the children have created as a home task with book characters should they wish to.
Week beg 11th March - British Science week - The children will be participating in a variety of experiments throughout the week.
Friday 15th March - Comic Relief Day - Pupils can come dressed in red today - more details to follow
Friday 22nd March - Last day of term - Lots of Easter themed activities throughout the day including Easter Egg rolling for all year groups using a rubber egg. There will also be an Easter Bonnet parade for pupils in Nursery through to Yr 2, should they wish to make their own bonnet.
Reminder - the school is closed to all pupils for an Inset day for staff training on Monday 8th April, so the Summer term will begin on Tuesday 9th April.
Many thanks
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St David's Day
Fri 23 Feb 2024As you are aware, next Friday is St David's Day. Pupils can dress up in Welsh costume /rugby shirts/ Welsh colours.
Pupils will also be making Welsh inspired craft items to support our welsh curriculum and encourage entrepreneurial skills. Yr 6 will be selling these items during the afternoon. Pupils can bring in small change if they wish to buy any of these items.
(If your child is part of Eco and School council, please can they come in school uniform. They can then change into welsh costume, once they have returned from their duties in the morning).
We are looking forward to a fun day and the Chairing of the Bard!
Many thanks for your continued support.
Pontyclun Primary school
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Easter Egg-stravaganza - Rhondda Heritage Park
Fri 09 Feb 2024Join us for an Easter Egg-stravaganza at the Rhondda Heritage Park! - To book click on the link - Easter Egg-stravaganza
Tickets are priced at £10 per child and £3.50 per accompanying adult. Ticket price includes:Egg hunt – with chocolate treat at the end, Explore the Easter Bunny’s Underground Burrow
Small children’s rides, Easter craft, Children’s entertainer and Petting farmThree time slots are available each day:
10am – 12pm
12:30pm – 2.30pm
3pm – 5pm
Thank you
On behalf of the Rhondda Heritage Park
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World Book Day 2024
Thu 08 Feb 2024On Thursday 7th March 2024 we will be celebrating World Book Day as a school. On the day children are welcome to come in dressed as their favourite character from a book and bring the book they are dressed up as to share with the class. They will be participating in activities related to World Book Day during the day/week.
Home Task - Please bring in by Wednesday 6th March with name and class on the back
Today your child will be bringing home a paper plate. We would love you to create a book character or design a book cover using the paper plate. Please ensure your child's name and class is clearly visible on the back so they can be returned. We will display the paper plates in the hall on the staging and invite parents to come and take a look at 3.30 on World Book Day Thursday 7th March. I have attached some ideas below of how you might want to use your plate
Thanks
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Consultation on the Council's Home to School Transport Policy
Thu 01 Feb 2024The Council recently agreed to carry out a consultation to review its current Home to School Transport provision for children and young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The proposal sets out a new Home to School Transport Policy, which maintains certain discretionary transport provision and provide mainstream English, Welsh and Faith primary school, secondary school and college transport in line with relevant statutory distance criteria. Any new policy would be implemented from the start of the 2025/2026 academic year.
The consultation originally ran from 27th November 2023 until 5pm 8th January 2024.
The Council recognises the significance of the proposal for pupils who use and will use home to school transport now or in the future, and the extended consultation provides a further opportunity for those potentially impacted to take part in the consultation. The Council has therefore taken the decision to extend the consultation for a further three week period running from Thursday 18th January 2024 until 5pm Thursday 8th February 2024.
The details of the proposal and the opportunity to respond to the consultation can be found at: Consultation on the Council's Home to School Transport Policy | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (rctcbc.gov.uk)
There is no need for anyone who has previously taken part in this consultation to submit a further response unless they wish to do so.Kind regards
Stephen Williams
Director for Highways, Streetcare and Transportation Services